NFL in Canada: How to Stream Every Game Live

The NFL is one of the most popular sports in Canada. And if you are lucky enough to live there, you’ll find it even easier to follow than we here in the states. In fact, cord-cutters can get it all in one place. Read on to learn how.

In a hurry? NFL games play on regular Canadian channels but to get access to all the games, you really need to subscribe to DAZN. For just CA$24.99/mo, you get all of the NFL and a lot more sports besides. They don’t offer a free trial, but it costs just CA$16.67/mo (CA$199.99/yr) if you subscribe by the year.

Table Of Contents

1 NFL in Canada
2 NFL on Canadian Television
3 Streaming the NFL
4 DAZN Canada Streaming Devices for NFL
5 Wrapping Up

The NFL a rare US-based major sports league without any Canadian representation whatsoever. Despite this, it is one of the most popular sports in Canada. In fact, the Super Bowl is the most-watched television broadcast on Canadian television in many years. For example, from 2010-19, the Super Bowl topped the annual list of most-watched Canadian television broadcasts five times.

Fortunately, it is simple and, in many peoples’ opinions, affordable to stream NFL games in Canada. That is because DAZN provides access to all of them for CA$24.99/mo or CA$199.99/yr.

NFL in Canada

Although there has been talk of the NFL expanding into Canada, it has never reached happened. This is partially because many Canadians do not want their own version of the sport, which is played in the CFL, to suffer as a result.

The closest that this has come to happening occurred when the Buffalo Bills played a home game in Toronto every season from 2008-13. However, attendance in those matchups disappointed. The final one drew just 38,969 fans. That was for the Atlanta Falcons‘ 34-31 overtime win over the Bills on Dec 1, 2013, the last time that an NFL regular-season game took place in Canada.

A preseason contest was later played in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 2019. But that game experienced controversy as the end zones were proven to be unusable. Additionally, the attendance was only 21,992 — apparently due to high ticket prices.

However, bringing an NFL team to Toronto is an idea that has not been completely sidelined, and support for it would presumably be greater than for Bills games played there as fans would instead have a team that they could call their own.

NFL on Canadian Television

CTV, CTV2, TSN, RDS, and RDS2 broadcast NFL games to Canadians throughout the season. CTV/CTV2, TSN, and RDS/RDS2 generally team up to simultaneously broadcast games in all time slots.

For example, during the first week of the 2021 season, CTV2, TSN, and RDS2 broadcast the Thursday Night Football game between the Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers while. Meanwhile, CTV2, TSN, and RDS showed the Monday Night Football contest that was played between the Baltimore Ravens and Las Vegas Raiders.

Keep in mind that CTV and TSN are broken into various regional stations as well. A game that is available on one may not necessarily be available on another.

As for the Super Bowl, it is shown on CTV, TSN, and RDS, the latter option offering French-language commentary to viewers.

Note that NFL games broadcast on US-based channels that are available on the Canadian side of the border may be viewed here as well. Some can be accessed over the air with an antenna while some are available through Canadian cable and satellite packages.

In addition, NFL Sunday Ticket is offered by several cable and satellite providers from across Canada. There is no exclusive agreement related to it in Canada like there is between it and DIRECTV in the US.

Streaming the NFL

With that said, things simplify greatly for those who want to stream NFL games as all of them are offered by DAZN for CA$24.99/mo or CA$199.99/yr. That is because DAZN offers NFL+ and NFL Sunday Ticket. It also includes NFL RedZone for those who would like to simply watch the best of the action on busy Sunday afternoons. Finally, 24-hour access to the NFL Network is offered by DAZN.

The NFL is not the only thing that DAZN provides its subscribers. If you are also a fan of association football (soccer), you will surely be checking out DAZN’s UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and MLS offerings as well. It also streams plenty of tennis, darts, rugby, and boxing action. Meanwhile, many baseball fans regularly watch its streaming of the MLB Network.

DAZN also provides NFL broadcasts and other sports events to subscribers who are based in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and Japan.

DAZN Canada Streaming Devices for NFL

DAZN supports a wide variety of streaming devices:

Smart TVs and Devices: Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Cox, LG Smart TV, Samsung Smart TV, Roku TV, Vizio TV, XFinity
Mobile: Amazon Fire tablet, Android OS devices, iOS devices
Gaming: Playstation 4/5, Xbox One (X|S).

Wrapping Up

If you are a cordless sports viewer looking to watch NFL games and are located in Canada, you should subscribe to DAZN (CA$24.99/mo). If you do so, you will be able to view every NFL game all the way through to the Super Bowl in February.

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